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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41962" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41962" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Gimzo', גַּמְזוֹ, a place fertile in ''Syc'' amores; Sept. Γιμζώ v.r. Γαμαιζαί ), a city is the plain of the kingdom of Judah, mentioned in connection with Timnah, and taken, with its dependent villages (Heb. ''Daughters),'' by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18); now ''Jimzu,'' a common and rather large village, on an eminence, on the south side of the road, about an hour south-east of Ludd (Lydda or Ramleb); with many threshing-floors and ancient cisterns used as magazines for grain (Robinson's ''Researches'' , 3:56). It is mentioned in the [[Talmud]] (Schwarz, ''Palest.'' page 136). </p> | <p> (Heb. Gimzo', '''''גַּמְזוֹ''''' , a place fertile in ''Syc'' amores; Sept. '''''Γιμζώ''''' v.r. '''''Γαμαιζαί''''' ), a city is the plain of the kingdom of Judah, mentioned in connection with Timnah, and taken, with its dependent villages (Heb. ''Daughters),'' by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18); now ''Jimzu,'' a common and rather large village, on an eminence, on the south side of the road, about an hour south-east of Ludd (Lydda or Ramleb); with many threshing-floors and ancient cisterns used as magazines for grain (Robinson's ''Researches'' , 3:56). It is mentioned in the [[Talmud]] (Schwarz, ''Palest.'' page 136). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4186" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4186" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' gim´zō ''''' ( גּמזו , <i> ''''' gimzō ''''' </i> ; Γαμζῶ , <i> ''''' Gamzō̇ ''''' </i> ): A town of Judah on the border of the [[Philistine]] plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). It is the modern <i> '''''Jimzu''''' </i> , a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, <i> BR </i> , II, 248-49;. <i> SWP </i> , Il, 297). </p> | <p> ''''' gim´zō ''''' ( גּמזו , <i> ''''' gimzō ''''' </i> ; Γαμζῶ , <i> ''''' Gamzō̇ ''''' </i> ): A town of Judah on the border of the [[Philistine]] plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). It is the modern <i> ''''' Jimzu ''''' </i> , a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, <i> BR </i> , II, 248-49;. <i> SWP </i> , Il, 297). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 06:52, 15 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Taken with its dependent villages by the Philistines under Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18). N.W. of Judah, or in Dan; now Jimzu, a large village on a height surrounded by trees, S. of the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa, where the highlands sink down into the maritime plain.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Gimzo . A town on the border of Philistia ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). It is the modern Jimzû near Aijalon.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
City captured by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz. 2 Chronicles 28:18 . Identified with Jimzu , 31 56' N, 34 56' E .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
2 Chronicles 28:18
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
2 Chronicles 28:18
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. Gimzo', גַּמְזוֹ , a place fertile in Syc amores; Sept. Γιμζώ v.r. Γαμαιζαί ), a city is the plain of the kingdom of Judah, mentioned in connection with Timnah, and taken, with its dependent villages (Heb. Daughters), by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18); now Jimzu, a common and rather large village, on an eminence, on the south side of the road, about an hour south-east of Ludd (Lydda or Ramleb); with many threshing-floors and ancient cisterns used as magazines for grain (Robinson's Researches , 3:56). It is mentioned in the Talmud (Schwarz, Palest. page 136).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
gim´zō ( גּמזו , gimzō ; Γαμζῶ , Gamzō̇ ): A town of Judah on the border of the Philistine plain, captured by the Philistines in the days of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). It is the modern Jimzu , a small mud village about 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Ludd (Lydda), on the old mule road from there to Jerusalem (Robinson, BR , II, 248-49;. SWP , Il, 297).
References
- ↑ Gimzo from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Gimzo from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Gimzo from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Gimzo from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Gimzo from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Gimzo from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Gimzo from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
